Current Activities:

Mrs. Schatz is planning (and would like help) the following:
October--Teen Read Week
November--Movie releases: Ender's Game on Nov 1 and Catching Fire on Nov 22, 2013
November--Veteran's Day
December--Scholastic Book Fair
January--MLK, Jr.
February--Black History Month, I Love Libraries Month
March--Foreign Language Week, Women's History Month, Dr. Seuss Day/March 2
April--School Library Month, Project Trashway, Earth Day
May--Get Caught Reading whole month--getcaughtreading.org

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Trick or Treat Day in the Library, Thursday, October 31, 2011--We can do it again if YOU choose
To participate you need to bring a bag of individually wrapped candy in by Friday morning
Decorations is Thursday morning before school or during lunch on Thursday-WHEN?
Spooky books on the tables
Flyers in library
Bring in plastic bowls to put candy on display

Sign up for tasks to be done:

Candy--brought in by participants
Decorations: done
flyers/posters: Megan Lee--done
Little Goody Bags: Mrs. Schatz--done
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Suggested Activities:

Book talks (this vocab is copyrighted so we’ll have to call them something else TCLS)
  • Literacy displays tied to a theme
  • Teach about covers, titles, open paragraph grabbers (YADB)
  • Helps select new materials: books, audio books, eReaders, CDs, games/board games, etc
      • Since it’s a school I still have final say
  • Celebrity Stacks: write celebrity & ask for their favorite book selections (LTAG 81)
  • Do skits about books, air on Channel 1
  • make youtube channel with books movies.
  • Design, plan, run, & evaluate summer reading program
  • Habitat for Humanity: who/what they are/do, make/sell birdhouses-teens painted some to help
  • Teen movie night & chat (LTAG 82)
    • Horror movie—sell snacks
    • Don’t judge a book by its movie
  • Teen book club
  • Programs:
    • Something Cool After School
    • Anime/Manga Club
    • Detective Club
    • Cool Crafts
    • Book Bits
    • Cirque do Freak Party
  • Espresso Yourself (LTAG 82)
    • Full day celebration of art, poetry, music, while sipping espresso
  • Run coffee bar each morning: set up/sell/clean up/order supplies—My idea
  • Design layout of space
    • Reading spot—more couches/bean bags
    • How to raise $$ or ask for donations
  • Write/perform skits—visit elementary & middle schools
  • Book buying trips
    • Permission form on LTAG p125
    • Book plates in books that they chose
  • Open mic night/coffeehouse—monthly
  • Holiday program for kids/nursing home—December
  • Compile book lists for suggested reading
    • Summer
    • Readalikes
    • Holidays/seasons
    • Themes
    • Genre
  • Storytelling for Read Across America, have storyteller in to give talk, Mickey VanDerwerker
    • Practice reading aloud ahead of time and then to elementary schools
  • Scavenger hunts—online?
  • Holiday—make gingerbread house
  • Charity gift drive
  • Craft projects—purse out of old book, sculptures from old books
  • Discuss books, music, movies
  • Nomination sheet
    • Pass around, one title per person if two others decide to read it & deem it worthy of vote—gets three votes automatically-becomes Choice Pick/Student Starred
  • Write annotations of movies/CD
  • Homework center—older student works with younger
    • Sign ups
    • “bio/data” sheet of older student
    • Student lists subjects and hours available
    • Perhaps BMS kids could come over or LHS goes there to tutor
  • Teens for Tots (LTAG p 122)
  • Halloween ideas (LTAG p 122)
  • Karaoke party
  • Murder mystery night
  • Library survivor hunt
  • CD or Book exchange
  • Author visits—Skype, in person
  • Teen Read Week (LTAG p131)
    • Monday: classroom door decorating contest
    • Tuesday: Read a t-shirt day
    • Wed-Fri: held paperback book exchange
    • Let teens choose theme
  • Present at conferences
  • LTAG p83—lists of books to share with teens about projects, programs, group activities, special events
  • Share books of mine that have ideas
  • Cool Reflections—YA summer reading program (LTAG p143)
    • Read-review & win a prize event from Jun-Aug
    • Mini reviews
    • Can email
    • Can share through Google docs or blog
  • Mark books as TAG favorites
  • End of year: group does “year reflection” to figure out its direction
  • Hold retreat at end of September to plan coming year’s activities
  • Book reviews (LTAG p140)
    • On index card or in blog
    • Give brief oral summary
    • Answer: “Would you recommend this book to a friend?”
    • At end of year vote on favorites and publish lists
    • Books marked with “TAB Recommends’’ seal
  • Stupid PB Day—helped weed “dorky-looking” paperbacks from collection (LTAG 16)
  • Teens’ Top Ten—how? TCLS 176+
  • Macramé workshop
  • Recycled jewelry
  • Decorate personal journals
  • Poetry slam
  • Creative writing program
  • “That’s my take”—www.library.pima.gov/teenzone/trailers
  • How to deal with overdue books and offenders
  • Read-a-thons (TCLS )
  • Gaming Tournaments
  • Programs on early release day
  • National Games Week (TCLS 46)
  • Mock Printz Book club (TCLS 56-7)
  • Writing, art, performance projects—details & resources 94 (TCLS 69-94)
  • Read One, Pick One (TCLS 105)
  • Teen Space Focus Group—basic questions (TCLS 110+)
  • Webpage—helpful list of webpage layout rules TCLS 118+
    • Youtube videos
    • Podcasts
    • music
  • Art Gallery of student work, archive of podcasts (TCLS 121)
  • Visits from journalists, disc jockeys, etc